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Thursday, September 15, 2011

a prickly question

It's colder now, long pants weather. We had our first frost advisory last night. I lose any inclination to shave legs that will be covered, and by day 3 the stubble reaches that point where it's scratchy and bristly and itchy. If I wait 3 more days it becomes soft and unnoticeable, a downy layer of insulation. If I shave, in 3 days I'm back to where I started--scratchy, bristly, itchy. So I stand with razor in hand wondering what the long-range forecast looks like--to let nature take over or shave...

I'm a once-a-week shaver as well. In the summer, I just don't see lots of people noticing my almost-50 year old legs (they were never my good part), and in the winter I do it just so I don't have to go through multiple razors during the first shave of the spring :-)

I quit shaving altogether when I moved offshore and had to carry all the water we used, ALL the water... I could shower myself and my toddler daughter with two and a half gallons of warm water. We were so proud of our tiny footprint.

i rarely shave my legs. what hair i do grow is very fine and hard to see. since i rarely wear anything shorter than my knees in the summer, if i do need to shave, it's only 1-2 times and only to my knees. makes things much simpler.

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The Reigning Queen of Team Testosterone lives on 60 acres of fields, prairie, woods and gardens. Her duties include: mothering/carting around her three bachelors, writing, PTA president, church volunteer, watering and planting, and housewivery ...not necessarily in that order.